Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-31

Fests Accomplished by Some Men While in
the Arms of Morpheus.

Sleep in most individuals lasts Tor the
space of eight hours. Exceptions To this
statement are numerous; whether these
arise from duty or ]laziness we shall not
venture to examine. Sir T.. Cordington,
the famous naval officer, when a midahip-
man, could watch on deck for ~ hours;
this left only five for sleep, which in his
case was most profound so profound that
no noise was sufficiently strong 20 waEcu
him; yet il the word Signal was wills.
pcred in his ear hr awOkc ana was on deck
instantly.
Reporters of the House of Commons re-
quire great eXertionS 10 keep themselves
from sleeping. 4 few years ago Il distin-
guished member Of the gentlemen in the
gallery took down Il speech while he was
sleeping. His statement rests on his oath.
Calvin tells of a friend of his rcadingalond
TO him while asleep. The organ OF vision
was alone active.
Colcridge, the dreaming philosopher,
composed "Kubla Khan zone OF his
poems while fast asleep. Next morning
he was sure there had been an acquisition
to his literature, but was too nrgIi@en, 10
write the stanzas. 4 few days altcrward
he attempted To recall the verses, but tIry
had for the most part He'd, aud the poem
~ II now stands Is but II fragment.
Every one knows that extreme fatigue
induces sleep, and this in spite Of sur
rounding relations, which in ordinary cir
cumstances would hinder any one from
resting. Previous To the shortening of the
hours OF work factory children frequently
fell asleep while working at the machines,
although well aware that they would incur
severe punishment by doing 20. The North
American Indian, at the stalk OF torture,
has been known To 20 10 sleep an TN" least
remission OF agony, and will slumbrr until
the iiie Is applied to awaken HIM.
1t is on record that during the heat oi
the battle of the Nile some of the over
iatigued boys fell asleep upon the deck,
and during the attack upon kaugOOn in
the Burmese war, the captain OF one of
the steam friglter most actively engaged,
worn ont by the excess Of continued men
tai tension, fell asleep and remained per
lcctly unconscious Tor two hours, within a
ward of his largest guns, which were being
worked cnergetically the whole period.
Hahitand time, place and circumstances,
prcdispose Us all To- sleep. The celebrated
pedestrian. Captain Barclay, when accom-
plishing his extraordinary feat Of walking
1000 miles in 50 many successive hours,
obtained at last such Il mastery over him
self that he fell asleep she instant he lay
down. The doctors wife never hears the
door hill .lrripyr th. ptyht .lthIu.rh tho
noise is sufficient to rouse the wcarird
husband; but should 4 child in the nur-
sery cry. then the mother, oblivioas to all
other sounds, hears at once the infants
voice.
1t is related that the Able FariI, who
acquired uOtOriety through his power Of
inducing sOmuambulism, was accustomed
merely to place his patient in an armchair,
after telling him tu shut his eyes and
collect himself, and pronounce in a strong
voice, ''dOrmez, ~ which was usually sue
cesstul.
There seems to be- no limit 10 the won
ders displayed by man in sleeping. Con
dercet, the mathematician, solved one ui
his most difficult problems while asleep
a problem, too, which puzzled hinI IN his
waking hours. \ professor ol theology III
the University of Bi-lr once wIote a seq
mon while asleep; he found 1t on Els
desk next morning. The preceding night
he could not grapple with the subject As
he desired, but the performance OF his
sleeping hours was quite satisfactory TO
him.
Jenny Lind was one Of the most Cele-
brated singers of her time No one could
rival her powers except a factory glrl, who
sang sometimes better than the famous
Jenny. The girl could not attempt any
difficult piece when awake, but when
sleeping she sang 81 correctly, 50 like the
renowned artistic, that it was difficult to
distinguish between their voices. On one
occasion Mile. Lind heard the girl, and
even tested the accuracy OF her powers by
giving her a long and elaborate chromatic
exercise. This the sleeping girl performed
much to the wonder of the famous Swedish
sinner.